Endless stairs.

upon first glance at these stairs, you take in the simple groundbreaking design of it!

It is a type of staircase that i have never seen used before.

You notice how that it is part of a very monochrome building, mainly made and furnished with concrete, as are the stairs! The images show its usability in life, however, it would not pass uk regulations due to no handrail, and unless it was a secondary staircase, you’re not allowed spiral stairs due to fire exit reasons!

 

After looking at these stairs, i’ll try and implement a similar style into my design, although i think i’m limited on space, so can’t fit a spiral staircase, i can keep the aesthetical qualities they provide me with when observing it.

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Sho-sugi-ban

After a conversation with Phil yesterday regarding a certain process of charring wood, i decided to go and do some more research.

The Japanese art of burning wood, called Sho-Sugi-Ban is really interesting!

There are many ways of carrying out the charring, however the method i am trying tomorrow, is the simplest ( safest, university rules!)

I went to robins timber first thing this morning as soon as they opened, and bought some cedar timber, which is what the Japanese originally used with the method of charring.

Once i had the timber, i cut it into strips in the wood working shop, and the enlisted the help from Paul in fabrication to show me how the oxy-acetylene works.

Once he was happy that i was going to be sensible with that, he let me start burning! The process is to set the wood on fire, let it burn for a few seconds, then mop off the soot/ash with a wet paint brush, then repeat. The process can be repeated as many times as nessicary, until you’re left with a style that you like!

The benefits of Sho-Sugi-Ban are that it is completely fireproof too, as it has had all of the flammable substance burnt out of it in the process mentioned above!

Will 100% use in my final design!